Improvement in sled-brakes



1c. LE'MLEY. SLED-BRAKES.

Patented Aug ..21r,1|877.

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f ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES lPATENT CEEICE.

CALIP LEMLEY, 0F DUTCH CREEK, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLED-BRAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,498', dated August 21, 1877; application n'ledV January 25, 1876.

ings, and to the letters and figures of reference.

marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The same letters-and figures of reference are used to indicate the corresponding parts.

After describing the invention, its nature and extent will be shown in the claims.

A is 4the sled; B, the crank-shaft; C, the

`brakes at the rear end of either of the sledrunners; 4and D the lever which connects the brakes C with a projecting rod of crank-shaft B at the point E. G is the handle, pivoted to the crank-shaft at the extremity F. a is a flange on the side of the handle G, which engages in the ratchet H.

The brakes C C lock the sled by elevating the handle G, which is held in any desired position by the ratchet H. The top of' the ratchet H does not project inward beyond a `vertical line on the outside of the sled.

The elements of my invention, by themselves, I do not claim as new.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The dogs C C', attached to each runner, the levers D D', both operated by the crank-shaft B, extending across and attached to both raves A A of' the sled, in combination with the lever G and ratchet El, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of August, 1875.

ELI HAEBAUGE, v H. ENGEL. 

